Mundus, an eccentric charter boat shark hunter since the 1950s, led a fishing trip that landed an estimated 4,550-pound great white off Long Island in 1964. Benchley read the news reports, and the big ...

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, ...

Humor has a way of transcending time. While historical figures are often remembered for their serious achievements, many of ...

From the dystopian teen series The 100 to the iconic masterpiece The Twilight Zone, we highlight the best sci-fi shows ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened ...

"Deeper Than the Ocean," award-winning author Mirta Ojito's debut novel, centers around the Valbanera shipwreck and the rich ...

For several decades, evidence has suggested that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Crucial to those estimates were the use of standard candles, celestial events of the same luminosity ...

Dick Cheney, a powerful vice president and a chief architect of the war in Iraq after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and part of ...

In 1916, a Polish scientist discovered how to create a mono-crystal, which later became the basis for integrated circuits and semiconductors.

It’s a fun episode poking at the Star Trek fandom in general (and offers a cute look at the cast making fun of themselves), ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030 its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it ...